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- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
you want to go to the next level of regulation and oversight. And so if you’re trying to raise a $500 million fund, that means the price tag is $5 million, let’s say, as an investor. So that’s why I see a lot more women involved in angel... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
did. The assault went on for hours. Bradley took the list with him the next day on a flight to Los Angeles and found a way to frame what had just happened in a concept recalled from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
European angel investing firm Go Beyond Ltd., advised aspiring women entrepreneurs to have a clear vision not only of the business plan but also of how they would run the enterprise. “Make sure you know who you are and what you believe... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
with a $50 million government-backed fund that saw one of the country's first exits in 2011—an ISP called Link.net. That was one of an accumulation of tipping points, notes Ismail. "In 2012, 2013, we started getting the first attempts at incubators, accelerators, View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
worked at a Roxbury-based housing development company. Willis has spent his career focused on urban development projects and continues to run his real estate consultancy firm in the Los Angeles area. From that first welcome party in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
Atlanta was awarded the 1996 Games. Like Los Angeles, the Olympics' host city in 1984, Atlanta is funding the Games almost exclusively with private money. One major difference, however, between the two cities' efforts is that because of an abundance of existing venues,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
villages across ten countries and measure our results in each of those key intervention areas. We raised about $130 million from 64 angel investors in our first round of funding and have been on the ground for four years. Since then we’ve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
potential. “Each year we take only about five to twelve entrepreneurs per country,” says Ko. Once chosen, Endeavor provides “anything and everything” that they need to succeed. For example, if they need financing, Endeavor introduces them to its network of View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
Angeles to her native St. Louis. Granted Sunday visitation rights, his father only made the 1,800-mile trip twice. And on the second visit, his father kidnapped him, driving him back to Los Angeles. The event would shape Ed's life.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
bought and how they spent their money. From the New York Times “How We Spend Our Time” (April 24, 1937) LOS ANGELES SKYLINE, 2008: The post–World War II boom years were followed by “deceptively subtle” upheavals in the American business... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
midst of starting Valiente College Prep, a Los Angeles charter school set to open in August 2015. “In America, we have millions of jobs that will need to be filled in engineering, science, and technology. We absolutely need to access and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
mid-1990s, Larry Fondation, a community organizer in South Central Los Angeles and Tufano's Harvard College roommate, alerted Tufano to the plight of low-income wage earners who traditionally have been left out of the loop when it comes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
morning known as “Super Saturday,” 63 student teams present these and other ideas in the Aldrich classrooms where other people’s ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges — a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
capable of competing with the big guys: NBC, CBS, and ABC." Underscoring its belief in the value of sports programming, Fox recently purchased (pending Major League Baseball's approval) the Los Angeles Dodgers, another example of a trend... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Station, and even the White House. Like most family businesses, there are plenty of stories in the Kirlin Company’s history, including Brownell’s own. After graduating from HBS, she and her husband, HBS classmate Stephen Brownell, moved to Los View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
elected Dallas Club President Kenneth P. Winslow (MBA '76) cites the special activities and informal networking that mark his club's events. He recalls in particular a July 28, 1994, outing at a Texas Rangers baseball game, where pitcher Kenny Rogers retired all 27... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
set in 1920s South Carolina, provide disturbing images of Jim Crow at work. And the stand-alone story, “Morocco,” will convince readers that travel can help heal the deepest of wounds. Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era: How Angel... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
a start-up, discuss lean prototyping techniques for hardware, identify costly outsourcing mistakes, provide practical tips on user acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing... View Details
- 28 Apr 2016
- News
New Venture Competition Winners Announced
competitions and judging by a panel of global HBS Alumni Angels Association members narrowed the field. Four alumni teams pitched at the finale: ConnectHealth; Cobli, a car fleet logistics data company based in Brazil; EverlyWell, a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
the family. “My grandmother ran a few Head Start centers in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s,” Clarke says. “And my mother was a teacher, then a principal, and eventually a superintendent in a poor area of the city. She’s still a major... View Details